sturnus

See also: Sturnus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *storo- (“starling”) or *(s)tern- (“starling”), same ultimate source as Old Prussian starnite (“gull”), English starling. Traditionally, perhaps spuriously, associated with Ancient Greek ψάρ (psár, “starling”), cognate with English sparrow through an etymon with similar sound.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstur.nus/, [ˈstʊr.nʊs]

Noun

sturnus m (genitive sturnī); second declension

starling

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sturnus	sturnī
Genitive	sturnī	sturnōrum
Dative	sturnō	sturnīs
Accusative	sturnum	sturnōs
Ablative	sturnō	sturnīs
Vocative	sturne	sturnī

Descendants

Italian: storno
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Ladino: storno
→ Albanian: shturë
⇒ Late Latin: sturnellus
- Old French: esturnel
  - French: étourneau
- Old Occitan:
  - Catalan: estornell
  - Occitan: estornèl
- Old Portuguese:
  - Galician: estorniño, estornillo
  - Portuguese: estorninho
- Old Spanish:
  - Spanish: estornino
- Rhaeto-Romance:
  - Friulian: sturnel
  - Romansch: sturnel
- → Maltese: sturnell

References

sturnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sturnus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
sturnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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